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Victoria Livengood [] "PIERCING EYES" Fourteen English canzonettas by Haydn. W. Lewis, piano. Texts. Troy Albany 406
The English canzonettas of Haydn, like so much of his vast musical output, deserve greater prominence. Haydn's pleasing and singular harmonic sense, heard here especially in "Recollection" and "Despair," is still delightful, and his keyboard writing is gratifying to the hand and ear. The performances here represent one approach to the music, the sort taken in a large and echoing hall by a heavy voice with a modern piano. It's pleasant on its own terms, but at a considerable sacrifice of charm.
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